‘I have come away from that experience and I still feel very warm towards her,’ he explained on Thursday night’s John Bishop In Conversation.

‘When I hear about her or see her, I think “Ah, there’s that person, that person in the world”.’ Russell and Katy were only married for 14 months and he blamed their punishing schedules and the Roar star’s ambition. I was occupied and busy but not to the same degree,’ he said.

The comedian, 41, who has just become a daddy for the first time with his girlfriend Laura Gallacher, claimed that the pair had been ‘very occupied’ during their marriage but not with their relationship.

Even now when he hears about Katy he thinks about her fondly but views her as just another ‘person in the world’.

He’s currently engaged to Laura Gallacher and the couple welcomed their first child, Mabel, in November.

Katy Perry and Russell Brand's marriage may not have lasted all that long, but that doesn't mean that she came out of it with nothing.

One thing she credits her ex-partner with is introducing her to meditation."Russell is an avid meditator and I learned when I was in India getting married," she told "My parents are both born again Christians and I love them," she explained."I love how I was raised and I don't regret anything. I respect all religions, but I did think that meditation was more of a religion. I would say that especially when I'm single, but even in a partnership, I'll look at my phone before I look at my partner."released yesterday (June 9) to rather mixed reviews."When I meditate, I get to the real well of creativity.

He has incorporated many of his controversial public antics into his comedic material.

In 2015 a biographical documentary called Brand: A Second Coming was released.